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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 39 - Taxation » Article 7 - Valuation of Oil and Gas Leaseholds and Lands

§ 39-7-101. Statement of Owner or Operator

Every operator of, or if there is no operator, every person owning any oil or gas leasehold or lands within this state, either as a single lease or as a unit, that are producing or are capable of producing oil or gas on the assessment date of any year, shall, no later than the fifteenth […]

§ 39-7-102. Valuation for Assessment

Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, on the basis of the information contained in such statement, the assessor shall value such oil and gas leaseholds and lands for assessment, as real property, at an amount equal to eighty-seven and one-half percent of: The selling price of the oil or gas sold from […]

§ 39-7-102.5. Calendar for Notice of Valuation and Appeals

Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, lands and leaseholds valued pursuant to this article shall follow the schedule for personal property set forth in this title regarding notices of valuation and appeals of valuation. Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 1301, § 7, effective April 29.

§ 39-7-102.7. Notice of Valuation – Public Record

The assessor shall retain a copy of all notices of valuation for lands and leaseholds valued pursuant to this article, and such copies shall be public records that are available for inspection in accordance with part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S. Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 498, § 2, effective […]

§ 39-7-103. Surface and Subsurface Equipment Valued Separately

All surface oil and gas well equipment and submersible pumps and sucker rods located on oil and gas leaseholds or lands shall be separately valued for assessment as personal property, and such valuation may be at an amount determined by the assessors of the several counties of the state, approved by the administrator, and uniformly […]

§ 39-7-104. Failure to File Statement

If any person owning or operating any oil and gas leaseholds or lands producing or capable of producing oil or gas on the assessment date fails or refuses to prepare and file the statement required by the provisions of section 39-7-101, then the assessor shall list such property and value the same for assessment on […]

§ 39-7-105. Assessor to Examine Books, Records

The assessor has the authority and right at any time to examine the books, accounts, and records of any person owning or operating such oil and gas leaseholds and lands in order to verify the statement filed by such person, and, if from such examination he finds such statement or any material part thereof to […]

§ 39-7-106. False Statement – Penalty

If any person required to file such statement willfully and knowingly subscribes to any false statement contained therein, he is guilty of perjury in the second degree and upon conviction shall be punished according to law. Source: L. 64: R&RE, p. 711, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 137-7-6. L. 72: p. 570, § 56. Cross […]

§ 39-7-107. Oil and Gas Lands in More Than One County

Whenever any oil and gas leaseholds or lands appear to be situated in more than one county, the production value is assigned to the county in which the wellhead is located. Whenever the wellheads of a group of contiguous oil and gas leaseholds or lands operated as a unit are situated in more than one […]

§ 39-7-108. Collection

Beginning January 1, 1980, when taxes on oil and gas leaseholds and lands are due, such taxes shall be a debt due from the owner or the unit operator as the case may be and shall be recoverable by the treasurer by direct action in debt; except that such taxes treated as debt due from […]

§ 39-7-109. Valuation of Severed Nonproducing Oil or Gas Mineral Interests

The actual value of severed nonproducing oil or gas or oil and gas mineral interests shall be determined by the income approach capitalizing the annual net rental income for such nonproducing mineral interests at an appropriate market rate. If such severed mineral interests are unleased, the assessor shall use the average per acre annual rental […]